Principal Software Engineer

4 Hours ago • 15 Years + • $182,400 PA - $323,500 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Principal Engineer at ThousandEyes, you will play a pivotal role in steering the architectural and design direction for a wide array of projects, encompassing AI/ML workloads, on-premises solutions, and cloud-based agents and applications. Your expertise will be critical in swiftly developing innovative solutions to deliver unparalleled Network Assurance to our clients. You will be working across teams in ThousandEyes to ensure optimal architectural direction for our long-term strategies along with Operational Excellence. The technology stack includes Java, Python, and Kubernetes as well as a wide range of internal tools built for GitOps.
Must have:
  • 15+ years of software development experience
  • Expert-level understanding of object-oriented programming languages
  • Ability to articulate design choices based on ROI
  • Able to handle ambiguity, scope work accurately
  • Strong Computer Science fundamentals and design skills
  • Involvement in building large-scale real-time streaming pipelines
  • Exceptional team collaboration and communication skills
  • An eye for proactively identifying and resolving risks
  • Experience working in a fast-paced development environment
  • Ability to mentor peers or other team members
  • Bachelor degree in Computer Science or similar
Good to have:
  • Knowledge and use of Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud technologies
  • Understanding of network protocols
  • Ability to contribute knowledge sharing with technical blogs
Perks:
  • Access to quality medical, dental and vision insurance
  • 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
  • Short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance
  • Twelve paid holidays per calendar year
  • Paid time off for volunteering
  • Additional paid time to deal with critical or emergency issues

Job Details

Who We Are

Cisco ThousandEyes is a Digital Experience Assurance platform that empowers organizations to deliver flawless digital experiences across every network – even the ones they don’t own. Powered by AI and an unmatched set of cloud, internet and enterprise network telemetry data, ThousandEyes enables IT teams to proactively detect, diagnose, and remediate issues – before they impact end- user experiences.

ThousandEyes is deeply integrated across the entire Cisco technology portfolio and beyond, helping customers deploy at scale while also delivering AI-powered assurance insights within Cisco’s leading Networking, Security, Collaboration, and Observability portfolios.

About The Role

The Application Window is expected to close on 6/7/25. However, the job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received. 

As a Principal Engineer at ThousandEyes, you will play a pivotal role in steering the architectural and design direction for a wide array of projects, encompassing AI/ML workloads, on-premises solutions, and cloud-based agents and applications. With the accelerating growth in application connectivity's scale and complexity, your expertise will be critical in swiftly developing innovative solutions to deliver unparalleled Network Assurance to our clients.

What You’ll Do

You will be working across teams in ThousandEyes to ensure optimal architectural direction for our long-term strategies along with Operational Excellence. Our technology stack includes Java, Python, and Kubernetes as well as a wide range of internal tools built for GitOps.

Qualifications

  • 15+ years of software development experience
  • Expert-level understanding of object-oriented programming languages such as Java, Kotlin, Scala, etc.
  • Ability to articulate design choices based on an expert understanding of the product, technology, and ROI
  • Able to handle ambiguity, scope work accurately and provide reliable estimates for project milestones and completion
  • Strong Computer Science fundamentals and object-oriented design skills 
  • Involvement in building large-scale real-time streaming pipelines using Kafka, Flink, or Spark
  • Exceptional team collaboration and communication skills
  • An eye for proactively identifying and resolving risks and issues in production systems
  • Experience working in a fast-paced development environment
  • Ability to mentor peers or other members of the team 
  • Bachelor degree in Computer Science or similar

Preferred Qualifications

  • Knowledge and use of Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud technologies (AWS, GCP)
  • Understanding of network protocols 
  • Ability to contribute knowledge sharing within the professional community with technical blogs or publications

Cisco values the perspectives and skills that emerge from employees with diverse backgrounds. That's why Cisco is expanding the boundaries of discovering top talent by not only focusing on candidates with educational degrees and experience but also placing more emphasis on unlocking potential. We believe that everyone has something to offer and that diverse teams are better equipped to solve problems, innovate, and create a positive impact.

We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single qualification. Not all strong candidates will meet every single qualification. Research shows that people from underrepresented groups are more prone to experiencing imposter syndrome and doubting the strength of their candidacy. We urge you not to prematurely exclude yourself and to apply if you're interested in this work.

US – COMPENSATION RANGE – MESSAGE TO APPLICANTS

182400 USD - 323500 USD

Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada: 

When available, the salary range posted for this position reflects the projected hiring range for new hire, full-time salaries in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including equity or benefits. For non-sales roles the hiring ranges reflect base salary only; employees are also eligible to receive annual bonuses. Hiring ranges for sales positions include base and incentive compensation target. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location and additional factors, including but not limited to skillset, experience, and relevant education, certifications, or training. Applicants may not be eligible for the full salary range based on their U.S. or Canada hiring location. The recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

U.S. employees have access to quality medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance and numerous wellbeing offerings.

Employees receive up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, which includes one floating holiday (for non-exempt employees), plus a day off for their birthday. Non-Exempt new hires accrue up to 16 days of vacation time off each year, at a rate of 4.92 hours per pay period. Exempt new hires participate in Cisco’s flexible Vacation Time Off policy, which does not place a defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use, but is subject to availability and some business limitations. All new hires are eligible for Sick Time Off subject to Cisco’s Sick Time Off Policy and will have eighty (80) hours of sick time off provided on their hire date and on January 1st of each year thereafter.  Up to 80 hours of unused sick time will be carried forward from one calendar year to the next such that the maximum number of sick time hours an employee may have available is 160 hours. Employees in Illinois have a unique time off program designed specifically with local requirements in mind. All employees also have access to paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues. We offer additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:

.75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;

1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;

1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.

For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.

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About The Company

The name ThousandEyes was born from two big ideas: the power to see things not ordinarily possible and the ability to collect insights from a multitude of vantage points. As organizations rely more on cloud services and the Internet, the network has become a black box they can't understand. ThousandEyes gives organizations visibility into the now borderless network, arming them with an accurate understanding of how the network impacts their applications, users and customers. ThousandEyes is used by some of the world's largest and fastest growing brands, including all of the top 5 global software companies, 5 of the top 6 US banks, and 45 of the Fortune 500.

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